"What Then?"

Bessie Porter Head.

"He is counting on you."
He has need of your life
In the thick of the strife;
For that weak one may fall
If you fail at His call.
He is counting on you,
If you fail Him — What then?

"He is counting on you."
On your silver and gold,
On that treasure you hold;
On that treasure still kept,
Though the doubt o'er you swept.
"Is this gold not all mine?"
"Lord, I knew it was Thine."
He is counting on you,
If you fail Him — What then?

"He is counting on you."
On a love that will share
In His burden of prayer;
For the souls He has bought
With His life-blood; and sought
Through His sorrow and pain
To win "Home" yet again.
He is counting on you,
If you fail Him — What then?

"He is counting on you."
On life, money and prayer;
And "the day shall declare"
If you let Him have all
In response to His call;
Or if He in that day,
To your sorrow must say,
"I had counted on you,
But you failed Me" — What then?

"He is counting on you."
Oh! the wonder and grace,
To look Christ in the face
And not be ashamed;
For you gave what He claimed,
And you laid down your all
For His sake — at His call.
He had counted on you,
And you failed not — What then?”